Thursday/Friday, September 25/26, 2014

Book Orders Due by October 3. 


When you receive your graded book project, if you need to redo it, or wish to for more points, attach your new copy to the graded one. 

When I point out spelling words you should learn, copy them into your composition book on the page for editing tips for you (page 39+). 

To prepare for the available retake on Text Structure, see the teacher for a practice packet.  Identify the text structures of the paragraphs, and afterward we'll talk about them.

Mini-Lessons from the Aug/Sept. Book Project

1. iRead -- Individual Reading Time (10-15 minutes)  

This month's book assignment is based on Realistic Fiction.  Realistic fiction books are gathered in the front of the classroom.  

Realistic fiction will have -- characters that could really exist in our world settings that could really exist in our world events that could really happen in our world Realistic fiction will NOT have -- magic talking animals imaginary creatures presented as real in the world of the story things that haven't yet been invented events that haven't yet happened A Few Contemporary Realistic Fiction Books

Receive the book assignment for September-October.   BoM #2 Summary.docx  

Here are some helps:  How to Summarize

Sign up for your book!  Sign-Ups due by October 1/2.

 

2. Sparkle the Commonly Confused Words --

[For those who are absent, Sparkle is a spelling game. Practice your spelling for this week, and review the words from last time.   Besides using the link to review your words, if you look at the past few days, you can see the memes and other hints for learning the words. Our test will be next time.]

3. iWriteRight --  CSI  American Fork Now Investigating:  Conventions in Sentences Investigation Your sentence: Copy the sentence.       Because there is an escaped lion in the school  halls, we are going into lockdown. What do you notice? Click on the link below. Label the Sentence: 9-25: ______________________

4.  What is a Central Idea?   

Receive and tape-in tape-ins for your composition book.   

Central Idea will be a complete sentence. It will include     the topic and       the idea the author wants you to learn about the topic. It will NOT be a question.  It will be a complete statement. It will be broad enough to cover the big idea(s) in the chapter or paragraph or other passage. It will be narrow enough so it's NOT including things that are not in the chapter or paragraph or other passage. It will NOT include your own opinions about the chapter or paragraph or other passage. Central idea is also called main idea or topic sentence.

  

Central Idea Practice

If time. . . .  Period A1 did not have time to work on this.

5.  Finish your posters and be prepared to present them.